Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery was central to the Montgomery Bus Boycott during the civil rights movement. Dr. Vernon Johns led the congregation from 1947-52 and, foreshadowing the actions of Rosa Parks, defied the law that created a "whites-only" section on public transportation. The church's most famous pastor, Martin Luther King Jr. , led the congregation from 1954-60, during the early years of the modern civil rights movement.
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Courtesy of the George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs, Carol Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
